Edredon Bleu

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Edredon Bleu
Edredon Bleu in 2007.
Sire	Grand Tresor
Grandsire	Grandchant
Dam	Nuit Bleue
Damsire	Le Pontet
Sex	Gelding
Foaled	26 April 1992
Died	30 September 2018
Country	France
Colour	Bay
Breeder	Lucien Chevrollier
Owner	Jim Lewis
Trainer	Henrietta Knight
Record	57: 25-7-6
Earnings	£731,065[1]
Major wins
Grand Annual Chase (1998) Peterborough Chase (1998, 1999, 2000, 2001) Queen Mother Champion Chase (2000) Championship Chase (2001) Haldon Gold Cup (2002, 2003) John Bull Chase (2003) Desert Orchid SW Pattern Chase (2003) Clonmel Oil Chase (2003) King George VI Chase (2003)

Edredon Bleu (26 April 1992 – 28 September 2018) was an AQPS National Hunt racehorse. He was bred in France but trained for most of his racing career in the United Kingdom. He was a specialist steeplechaser who recorded most of his wins over two and two-and-a-half miles, but was capable of winning major races over longer distances. In a ten-year racing career he ran fifty-seven times and won twenty-five races. His most important successes when winning the Queen Mother Champion Chase in 2000 and the King George VI Chase in 2003.

Edredon Bleu was euthanised on 28 September 2018 at the age of 26.^[2]